diff --git a/plugins/gossip/send_queue.go b/plugins/gossip/send_queue.go
index 1945b7e432966a54c3913545ac9cc9ae8a01661f..354c0c3bf0557265e7806d249a20b38e294ef667 100644
--- a/plugins/gossip/send_queue.go
+++ b/plugins/gossip/send_queue.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ var connectedNeighborsMutex sync.RWMutex
 var sendQueue = make(chan *meta_transaction.MetaTransaction, SEND_QUEUE_SIZE)
 
 const (
-	SEND_QUEUE_SIZE = 50000
+	SEND_QUEUE_SIZE = 500
 )
 
 // endregion ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////